In general we have this idea that with each successive generation comes more opportunity, more conveniences, more chances for leisure. And so everyone thinks that the generation that comes after them has had the world handed to them on a silver platter, and they don't even appreciate it. You know, the whole "When I was a kid I had to walk uphill in the snow both ways" syndrome. We think we've struggled and they've been coddled.

In England at least (although it would make sense in the US too, what with Reagan) Margaret Thatcher's politics are widely seen as having given rise to a generation of people who were out for themselves, self-important, scornful of others and of society at large.

In England at least (although it would make sense in the US too, what with Reagan) Margaret Thatcher's politics are widely seen as having given rise to a generation of people who were out for themselves, self-important, scornful of others and of society at large.

There's a large number of Americans who think those are desirable traits, and that Reagan is a demi-god